Pros
Competitive compensation, out of office, and retirement benefits Respectful, intelligent, and capable colleagues Work/Life balance can be good if you carve time out for yourself
Cons
IT is overrun by vendor solutions and contract labor, particularly H1B visa recipients and offshoring Extremely limited advancement opportunities, recent trend is consolidation of middle management through attrition Senior management positions tend to be filled by outside hires, often from consulting firms like Accenture Constant pressure to do more with less resources and tighter deadlines Pressure to perform not aligned with incentives i.e. management pushing for more despite stagnating compensation and limited growth opportunties There is a clear trend of IT teams alienating and pushing out older employees in order to replace them with cheaper contract labor or new career hires Red tape as far as the eye can see